In school, we all have a fairly structured reading time. A time when students know when they should be reading, what they should be reading and where they should be reading. But, what happens when they get home? That structure isn't always there. Students may struggle with how … [Read more...] about Teaching Students HOW to Read at Home
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Teach Your Students How to Find the Right Books
To become life-long readers, students need to learn how to select books on their own. We need to provide them the opportunity to choose their own books. It is also important to model a variety of ways to go about choosing a book to read. Here is a great mini-lesson idea for coming up … [Read more...] about Teach Your Students How to Find the Right Books
Keep Them Reading Over the Summer
Getting students to read over the summer is such a crucial aspect to their education, but it is often where a lot of students fall behind. It's hard to get kids to read when the sun is shining and the ocean is calling! So how can we get them to pick up a book, when they would rather be outside … [Read more...] about Keep Them Reading Over the Summer
10 Myths of Reading Aloud at Home (and how we can help!)
"My child hates to read." "How do I get my kid to read at home?" "We don't have time!" At almost every single parent-teacher conference that I've attended, parents have expressed the same concern. They want their child to pick up more books and become a better reader, but they aren't sure how … [Read more...] about 10 Myths of Reading Aloud at Home (and how we can help!)